Monday, October 03, 2011

the song i can't get out of my head lately is Jens Lekman's new song "Cowboy Boots." ever since i heard it for the first time at his performance in San Francisco, i've wanted to hear it over and over again.

i scoured the internet for lyrics and guitar tabs, but found nothing (the lyrics out there currently are extremely inaccurate and it's too early perhaps for tabs). so, having listened to the live performances enough times to know the lyrics by heart, i thought i would do the internet a service and share them:

"Cowboy Boots" lyrics by Jens Lekman

you know that thing when you have the same dream

seven hundred thirty nights in a row?

and you think your dream is trying to tell you something

yea you say "tell me something i don't already know"

[chorus]

just pour me a drink

so i can refuse

to raise my glass

to these sad and worn out midnight shoes

in my next dream, i want a pair of cowboy boots

the kind that walks the straightest and the most narrow route

anywhere but back to you

here we are down the same old street

here we are with nothing to say

your little hand trying to make it into her's,

but she puts it in her pocket and looks away

i keep my eyes on the sidewalk for something flippable like a dime

i wanna know how you forgive someone,

someone you've forgiven so many times

[chorus]

i really want to learn the guitar part to this song so i can record a version of me singing it. can anyone out there help me out with the tabs?

K! i would LOVE it if Drew could figure out the tabs for me! i don't know who else would offer.

i wish i played the guitar more, but i recently was in a bike accident that sprained my thumb, and i left my guitar in kentucky when i moved back out west. i've been missing it a lot, it gets so lonely here, and lately i've been wanting to relearn all my Jens songs to sing so i feel better.

we missed you at the concert last week. Karen and i were dancing enough for the three of us though!

hope you're doing well too! let me know if you ever want to go on that Bruce-themed road trip!